single
Definition of single:
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part of speech: verb
To separate: to choose one from others: to select from a number.
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part of speech: adjective
Consisting of one only: individual: separate: alone: unmarried: not combined with others: unmixed: having one only on each side: straightforward: sincere: simple: pure.
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part of speech: adjective
Consisting of one only; not double; separate; individual; uncompounded; alone; unmarried; done with one only; incorrupt.
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part of speech: verb
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Common misspellings:
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- singel (26.6%)
- sincle (0.2%)
- singke (0.4%)
- singale (0.4%)
- signalled (0.2%)
- sinlge (9.1%)
- hsingle (0.4%)
- signe (0.4%)
- sigle (20.0%)
- signle (12.8%)
- sngle (2.9%)
- singl (5.2%)
- singlet (0.2%)
- sigles (0.2%)
- singal (9.7%)
- sng (0.4%)
- singlr (0.8%)
- sinle (2.9%)
- sinbgle (0.4%)
- cingle (0.4%)
- sinple (0.2%)
- singol (0.4%)
- indivual (0.4%)
- silgle (0.4%)
- snigle (0.6%)
- slingle (0.4%)
- singls (0.4%)
- singler (0.2%)
- simgle (1.0%)
- singlehandedly (0.2%)
- isngle (0.4%)
- sincgle (0.4%)
- singlewide (1.0%)
- sinslge (0.4%)
- sisngle (0.4%)
Usage examples for single:
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I have not seen her out a single morning yet."
"Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School" – Margaret Penrose -
I will say every single thing I can think of.
"The Literary Sense" – E. Nesbit -
Castell stared at him, then a single word broke from his lips.
"Fair Margaret" – H. Rider Haggard -
Let's begin to live again as we used to, and not by a single word, or hint...
"Plays by Chekhov, Second Series On the High Road, The Proposal, The Wedding, The Bear, A Tragedian In Spite of Himself, The Anniversary, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard" – Anton Chekhov
